A CLASSIC COLLECTION OF JOHN MORTIMER'S ICONIC CHARACTER, DISCOVER THE FIRST RUMPOLE OMNIBUS!'One of the great comic creations of modern times' Evening Standard'Rumpole, like Jeeves and Sherlock Holmes, is immortal' P. D. James, Mail on SundayWho rose to enduring fame on Blood and Typewriters?Who told the pregnant Portia of the Chambers it would come out in the end?Who advise...

The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the author of The Time Traveller's Guide series— " the most remarkable medieval historian of our time" ( The Times, UK).We tend to think of the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterized by violence, ignorance and superstition. By contrast we believe progress arose from science and technological innovation, and that inventions of recent centuri...

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there...Imagine you could travel back to the fourteenth century. What would you see, and hear, and smell? Where would you stay? What are you going to eat? And how are you going to test to see if you are going down with the plague?In The Time Traveller's Guide... Ian Mortimer's radical new approach turns our entire understanding of history upside down. History is not just something to be stud...

The Second Rumpole Omnibus - a classic collection of John Mortimer's greatest character'Rumpole, like Jeeves and Sherlock Holmes, is immortal' P. D James, Mail on Sunday'I thank heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole' Clive James, ObserverHorace Rumpole turns down yet another invitation to exchange the joys and sorrows of life as an Old Bailey hack for the delights of the sunshine state, where Senior Citizens loll on beach...

A duke's new charge is full of surprises in this steamy historical romance novella.The last thing Alexander St. Claire, Duke of Stourbridge, expected was Angelina Hawkins arriving on his doorstep ready to become his mistress! He thought his ward was a little girl, not a beautiful and bold young woman with uncanny knowledge of the arts of seduction. Alexander knows he should resist, for it would be only too easy to lose himself in her forever . . .

Carole Mortimer is one of Mills & Boon’s best loved Modern Romance authors. With nearly 200 books published and a career spanning 35 years, Mills & Boon are thrilled to present her complete works available to download for the very first time! Rediscover old favourites – and find new ones! – in this fabulous collection…Learning to trust his touch…Jordan St James has never concealed his contempt for Willow. He believes she trapped hi...

He always gets what he wants. Until he meets the one woman he can’t control.Ruthless billionaire Mikhail Lysenkois known for two things: corporate takeovers and icy control. But when he targets a floundering company and meets Lindsay Carlisle—a fierce, long-legged attorney with fire in her eyes—his attention shifts from business to pleasure. And Mikhail doesn’t lose.Lindsay has one job: protect her client from the cold-blooded Lysenko acquisition machine. S...

A young woman discovers herself attracted to a male suitor's much older father in this sexy romance from a USA Today–bestselling author.A forbidden attraction . . .No woman can resist the powerful attraction of Piers Sinclair. Sophisticated, experienced and dangerously exciting, his very presence unsettles Leigh Stanton. Especially since he happens to be her boyfriend's father!There might be a big age difference, but Leigh can't help falling f...

Re-read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author CaroleMortimerAbandoned by her—apparently married!—college boyfriend andleft to bring up her daughter alone, Merry Baker decided long ago that marriage isn'tfor her. But when handsome publishing executive, Zack Kingston, shows up on her doorstep,Merry experiences an intense longing she's never felt before…So whenZack pretends to propose to her at a party, Merry finds herself almost wishing ...

This book tells the story of Mearsdon, the house where Ian Mortimer lives in Moretonhampstead, on the edge of Dartmoor. We very rarely have a continuous account of a particular place over a long stretch of history, but Mortimer has a documentary record of all the owners who lived there since the 1260s – although the origins of the building probably date back to the eleventh century.Blending the broadest national history and the most intimate local events with a description of chang...

23 authors and 11 artists came together to create this aquatic horror anthology curated and edited by Tom Folske. Throughout history, tales of water monsters have fueled sailors' and swimmers' stories, bringing a new fear from the murky depths of the world's most unexplored regions. As it stands, we know more about space than what we know about what lurks at the bottom of the deepest trenches of the ocean and many other water systems. Urban legends, mythical creatures, and cryptids alike w...

Read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer, originally published in the anthology Boardroom to Bedroom in 2005.It’s Valentine’s Day and a secret admirer is bombarding Tazzy Darling with gifts! Any woman would be delighted—but not Tazzy. There’s only one man from whom she wants to receive love tokens, and that’s her boss, Ross Valentine….